August 31st 2014 – Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! For Your Life Readings: Jeremiah 20:7-9 Psalm 63:2-6, 8-9 Romans 12:1-2 Matthew 16:21-27 Today’s First Reading catches the prophet Jeremiah in a moment of weakness. His intimate lamentation contains some of the strongest language of doubt found in the Bible
August 24th 2014 – Twenty-first Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! ‘Oh, the Depths!’ Readings: Isaiah 22:15, 19-23 Psalm 138:1-3, 6, 8 Romans 11:33-36 Matthew 16:13-20 “Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God!” Paul exclaims in today’s Epistle. Today’s Psalm, too, takes up the triumphant note of joy and thanksgiving.
July 6th 2014 – Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Listen Here! A Yoke for the Childlike Readings: Zechariah 9:9-10 Psalm 145:1-2, 8-11, 13-14 Romans 8:9, 11-13 Matthew 11:25-30 Jesus is portrayed in today’s Gospel as a new and greater Moses.
June 29th 2014 – Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul
Listen Here! The Apostles’ Church Readings: Acts 12:1–11 Psalm 34:2–9 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18 Matthew 16:13–19 This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Ex 3:8; 12:8, 11–12; 14:19)
June 29th 2014 – Solemnity of Ss. Peter and Paul
Listen Here! The Apostles’ Church Readings: Acts 12:1–11 Psalm 34:2–9 2 Timothy 4:6–8, 17–18 Matthew 16:13–19 This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (see Ex 3:8; 12:8, 11–12; 14:19)